David Phillips says that even if chancellor Rachel Reeves manages to avoid making cuts, councils will still need a laser-like ...

We examine the challenges facing public services and the Chancellor’s public spending options at the forthcoming Budget and ...

Growth has been better than expected this year, but the UK’s recovery is not yet secure. Structural changes will require ...

We explore why CGT reform is necessary and how changes could make the tax system fairer, more efficient and more ...

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has confirmed the reappointment of IFS Deputy Director Carl Emmerson - alongside ...

We study the impacts of high-quality, center-based early childhood education on low income children in Colombia, tracking ...

The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has a problem. She has committed herself to a rule that public debt should be falling — ...

We use k-means clustering, a machine learning technique, and Health and Retirement Study data to identify health types during ...

We're exploring why there's been an increase in child poverty since 2010 and options the government has to reduce this.

In her recent speech at the 2024 Labour Party conference, the new Chancellor Rachel Reeves promised that the fiscal event on 30 October will be a ‘Budget for investment’. She said that ‘growth is the ...

The poverty rate is a useful summary measure of how low-income families are faring, comparing their total household income with a specified poverty line. For example, a couple with no children would ...

There is much speculation that the new government is considering increasing rates of capital gains tax (CGT) as a way of raising revenue. But simply raising rates is not the right route to take. The ...